Forget Santa

Out of tradition I took the little girls to the mall to see Santa.  We stood in line for 10 minutes before I finally gave into Z's protesting "I don't want to sit on his lap!" (etc.)  So we decided to walk the mall instead.  In Claire's we spotted Mrs. Clause doing some shopping and she was so happy to us!  She let us take a picture with her (no $) and awed at how big the girls are getting, and how she is so excited for Christmas.  Seriously I was taken back by how great she was.  It was so much better than waiting in line, paying for some bad photo, and making my kids cry.  Mrs. Clause talked to us for a while and invited us for hot cocoa (we had to get home by then).  She was the sweetest, as you can tell by the picture.  I wanted to hug her!